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Sitting in an office with your coworkers for the best part of eight hours a day means you're bound to become comfortable with each other. And when you're spending that much time with the same people day in and day out, it's easy to let your guard down and say some pretty stupid things. Whether it's gossip over lunch or small talk at the water cooler, workplace conversations can often be the furthest thing from intelligence. 

Here are 20 tweets showing some of the dumbest and funniest conversation snippets people have overheard their coworkers say. We don't know about you, but they definitely make us feel a little better about ourselves – and our coworkers.

An interesting question asked by @bijanstephan sparked some pretty reasonable answers!

Do you have any 'dumb' ideas that would make the world a better place? We've got one! A separate freeway JUST for trucks! That way, those who are terrified of the giant metal traps can drive without anxiety and there would probably be way less tragic accidents. 

Let us know in the comments below your not-so-dumb idea! 

If you're ever feeling bad about yourself, just open up this list and we promise you'll instantly feel better. If that doesn't work, you can also venture into some classic fails, that should also soften the blow for any embarrassing moment you're currently dealing with. 

Get those palms nice and ready because these Facebook posts and tweets are guaranteed facepalming material. It's hard to believe people like this are out there... but there are and here's the proof:

We all have those dumb question moments, but these... oh these are just gold. Askreddit user _FrankAbagnale asked Reddit users to share What is the dumbest question someone legitimately asked you? And we were not disappointed! 

These will have you laughing for hours!